Fishes

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: fĭʹshÄ­z, IPA: /ˈfɪʃɪz/

Noun

plural

1. Plural of fish
1. (universal) multiple kinds of fishCoral bleaching threatens to disrupt the population equilibria of the reef’s fishes.
2. (usually nonstandard or archaic) multiple aquatic, cold-blooded, vertebrate animalsI caught six fishes today!

Verb

1. fishes

   (third-person singular of fish)
   He’s on Upper Klamath Lake; he often fishes from that lake.